China has become the most critical market worldwide for key opinion leaders (KOLs for short, also known as “influencers“). To be more precise, it’s the most important market for luxury brands to find, … (…
Monthly Archives For May 2019
China’s Baoshang Bank takeover raises contagion fears
The China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission (CBIRC) will take control of Inner Mongolia-based Baoshang Bank for a year from May 24, as it posed serious credit risks, the regulator and the … ( read…
The FY Financial (Shenzhen) (HKG:8452) Share Price Is Down 31% So Some Shareholders Are Getting Worried
Unfortunately the FY Financial (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (HKG:8452) share price slid 31% over twelve months. That’s well bellow the market return of -14%. Because FY Financial (Shenzhen) hasn’t been … ( read original story …)
Canada revamps its tourism brand to project an inclusive image
Canada’s brand is not without friction on the world stage, however. Trade tensions with the United States, as well as tensions with China over the arrest in Vancouver of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou … (…
Timeline: China’s post-Tiananmen re-emergence onto the world
President Jiang Zemin visits the United States later that year, the first trip by a Chinese head of state in more than a decade and breaking China out of diplomatic isolation in the post-Tiananmen ……
China state TV carries Daily Show spot on Huawei lead in 5G
BEIJING — China has deployed an unlikely voice in its trade war with the U.S.: Trevor Noah of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show. A brief clip from the comedian’s “If You Don’t Know, Now You…
Do Insiders Own Lots Of Shares In Mobile Internet (China) Holdings Limited (HKG:1439)?
If you want to know who really controls Mobile Internet (China) Holdings Limited (HKG:1439), then you’ll have to look at the makeup of its share registry. Insiders often own a large chunk of … (…
The US-China technology war aside, SMIC has a practical reason for delisting from New York: its ADRs are hardly traded
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC), China’s largest chip maker, has a practical reason for its plan to delist from the New York Stock Exchange: Its American Depositary … ( read original story …)
China regional banks’ funding costs rise after Baoshang takeover
… banks had to pay more for funds through China’s interbank bond market on Monday, and their share prices came under pressure, following a rare takeover of a troubled lender by the country’s banking ……
China East Education Seeks Up to $680 Million in Hong Kong IPO
China East Education Holdings Ltd., a provider of vocational training, started taking investor orders Monday for a Hong Kong initial public offering that could raise as much as $680 million. The Hefei … ( read…
Asian Shares Mixed as Markets Await News on China-US Trade
BANGKOK — Shares were mixed early Monday in Asia in the absence of fresh news on the tariffs standoff between the U.S. and China. U.S. markets will be closed for the Memorial Day holiday. Japan’s…
Beijing’s relentless march to eliminate poverty
Beijing’s solution is to move them all … “To develop these places we must move people.” In April, the Financial Times joined a three-day, government-organised tour of poverty alleviation efforts in … ( read original…
China Boots More Bad Stocks in a Day Than It Did Most Years
(Bloomberg) — Clean up your act or get out — that’s the message China’s securities regulator is sending to listed companies. The delivery of that message wasn’t subtle. On May 17, the regulator … (…
